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Heroin-piracetam mixture: suggested mechanisms of action and risks of misinterpretation for drug users [PDF]
, 2017 Piracetam is a positive allosteric modulator of the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor that has been frequently used in the treatment of cognitive disorders.
Cappelletti, Simone +4 more
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Smoking heroin with cannabis versus injecting heroin: unexpected impact on treatment outcomes
Harm Reduction Journal, 2019 Background In several countries, especially in Africa, the dominant method of heroin intake is smoking a joint of cannabis laced with heroin. There is no data exploring the impact of smoking heroin with cannabis on treatment outcomes.
Nirvana Morgan +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Acute growth in negative affect is thought to play a major role in triggering relapse in opiate-dependent individuals. Consistent with this view, three lab studies have demonstrated that negative mood induction increases opiate craving in opiate ...
Lee Hogarth +8 more
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Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro +3 more
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Initiation to heroin injecting among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: cross sectional survey
Harm Reduction Journal, 2005 Background Heroin injection is associated with health and social problems including hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. Few studies have examined the circumstances surrounding initiation to heroin injecting, especially current users initiating others ...
Day Carolyn A +3 more
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Heroin and its metabolites: relevance to heroin use disorder
Translational Psychiatry, 2023 Heroin is an opioid agonist commonly abused for its rewarding effects. Since its synthesis at the end of the nineteenth century, its popularity as a recreational drug has ebbed and flowed.
Michele Stanislaw Milella +5 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 The persistence of drug memory contributes to relapse to drug seeking. The association between repeated drug exposure and drug-related cues leads to cravings triggered by drug-paired cues.
Shuyi Qian +4 more
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GA-SVM for Evaluating Heroin Consumption Risk [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 There were over 70,000 drug overdose deaths in the USA in 2017. Almost half of those involved the use of Opioids such as Heroin. This research supports efforts to combat the Opioid Epidemic by further understanding factors that lead to Heroin consumption.
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Pathological regional blood flow in opiate-dependent patients during withdrawal: A HMPAO-SPECT study [PDF]
, 1998 The aims of the present study were to investigate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in heroin-dependent patients during withdrawal and to assess the relation between these changes and duration of heroin consumption and withdrawal data.
Biersack, H. J. +9 more
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Narcotics Anonymous members in recovery from methamphetamine use disorder
The American Journal on Addictions, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 54-59, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Background and Objectives Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) is a major public health problem, but there are no evidence‐based, best‐practice, pharmacologic, or behavioral treatments for it. Narcotics Anonymous (NA) may provide an option for referral for such patients.
Marc Galanter +2 more
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